Commentary The negative news about the Chinese economy seems to flow from a bottomless well these days. As if the ongoing Evergrande default and the looming shadow debt crisis weren’t enough for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to worry about, the world now finds itself in the worst supply chain crisis in modern history. The…
The CCP’s Next Target: Chinese Financial Firms
October 14, 2021
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News Analysis Xi Jinping’s investigation of financial institutions in China, and their alleged chumminess with the largest private firms, will increase his political power, but harm the country’s economic growth. After targeting the media, education, gaming, and technology sectors in China, and wiping out billions of dollars in the process, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
US-China Trade Talks: No Change in Foreseeable Future
October 14, 2021
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News Analysis The story of the U.S.-China trade dispute has remained the same for the past two decades and promised to continue into the future. “For too long, China’s lack of adherence to global trading norms has undercut the prosperity of Americans,” said U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. The United States and China held high-level…
How Western Social Media Can Do More Than Just Pay Lip Service to Uphold Freedom of Speech
Commentary Twitter’s recent banning of accounts critical of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is deplorable. But it also forces us to really start considering how Western social media and big tech companies can defend freedom of speech, instead of being used as tools against us by authoritarian states such as the Chinese regime. The issue of tech-based…
Facebook’s Business Model Is Monstrous: Here’s How We Fix It
Commentary Of all the threats facing the United States, China and Facebook pose two of the biggest. The United States, to some extent, is limited in its ability to address Chinese aggressions. Facebook, on the other hand, is an American company with an American founder—the United States can take appropriate action. The question, though, is what…
Should NBCUniversal Use Its Leverage Over China’s Communist Party?
October 13, 2021
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Commentary Over recent weeks, China’s Communist Party propaganda organs have been touting the massive success of NBCUniversal’s brand-new Beijing theme park. But why? As Xi Jinping continues to turn away from China’s forty-plus year policy of engaging and opening itself with democracies around the world, Hollywood’s esteemed intellectual property is now viewed harshly as propaganda…
Countering Chinese Aircraft Carriers: Fighting Fire With Fire
Commentary China’s force of aircraft carriers continues to grow. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) currently has two carriers, one an ex-Soviet vessel, the other a virtual clone of the first. But it is rapidly adding to its arsenal. A third carrier is already under construction at the Jiangnan shipyards in Shanghai. This 85,000-ton vessel,…
The Cold War Blue Print for Containing Communist China
Commentary The Chinese regime continues to ratchet up the pressure on the West and it is described as an enemy with new and dangerous tactics. This week, organizers of the freediving championship event in Cyprus removed the Taiwanese flag. Beijing continues to intimidate Taiwan and sends aggressive air flights over the island-nation’s airspace. In addition, the regime…
Beijing Doubles Down Against Freedom of Speech
October 13, 2021
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News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) coming ban on non-state media in China expands Xi Jinping’s power at the expense of his domestic rivals and the Chinese economy. The CCP is making yet another move to consolidate its growing power. Non-state media will likely be banned in the near future. That means outlets like…
Even With Trump Gone, US-China Trade Remains Contentious
Commentary If former President Donald Trump wants to claim a legacy, he can at least point to China trade policy. The Biden administration just showed that it plans to remain true to Trump’s policies. Recent talks between U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He have made this clear. Although China asked…
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